Comments on: Art & Pam http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/ photographica, miscellanea, etcetera Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:40:17 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nonce http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2416 Nonce Thu, 17 May 2007 00:24:01 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2416 But surely you can't be serious about calling Jeff Wall's work conceptual even the most broadest sense. I'd take Prince over Wall any day because Prince, at least, is honest about being a prankster/con-man. Wall falls into line with the Crewdson / Gursky line of photography. Scale at the expense of meaning, and zero content.... But surely you can’t be serious about calling Jeff Wall’s work conceptual even the most broadest sense. I’d take Prince over Wall any day because Prince, at least, is honest about being a prankster/con-man.

Wall falls into line with the Crewdson / Gursky line of photography. Scale at the expense of meaning, and zero content….

]]> By: Ben Hider http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2415 Ben Hider Thu, 10 May 2007 00:19:00 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2415 That Sante D’Orazio was so terrible. My teacher said "I hate this. It makes it hard to teach when you know your students are coming to chelsea and then seeing shows like this." That Sante D’Orazio was so terrible. My teacher said “I hate this. It makes it hard to teach when you know your students are coming to chelsea and then seeing shows like this.”

]]> By: Dan http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2414 Dan Thu, 03 May 2007 13:36:27 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2414 Is the Minter stuff more interesting? I dont know...that seems like such a cliche art opinion to take. 'We artists hate pin-ups, we seek the truth...' I dunno. My gut instinct as a young male is I like trashy pictures of attractive women, but that kind of feeling is just about the surface of the photos. I cant say that I'm particularly particularly interested in Pam Anderson that much at all...even more so pictures of her not dolled up. I think art needs more gut-feelings. I can say proudly that all the intellectual stuff since duchamp makes my head spin. Is the Minter stuff more interesting? I dont know…that seems like such a cliche art opinion to take. ‘We artists hate pin-ups, we seek the truth…’ I dunno. My gut instinct as a young male is I like trashy pictures of attractive women, but that kind of feeling is just about the surface of the photos. I cant say that I’m particularly particularly interested in Pam Anderson that much at all…even more so pictures of her not dolled up. I think art needs more gut-feelings. I can say proudly that all the intellectual stuff since duchamp makes my head spin.

]]> By: alec soth - blog » Blog Archive » Art & Borat http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2413 alec soth - blog » Blog Archive » Art & Borat Wed, 02 May 2007 22:51:29 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2413 [...] alec soth - blog photographica, miscellanea, etcetera « Art & Pam [...] [...] alec soth – blog photographica, miscellanea, etcetera « Art & Pam [...]

]]> By: Shane Lavalette http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2412 Shane Lavalette Wed, 02 May 2007 20:42:14 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2412 Alec, Since I got an <b>A</b> on your <i>Spectrum 2.0</i> assignment, I think the least you can do is do a nice job with <a href="http://www.shanelavalette.com/journal/2007/05/02/when-photographers-use-google-earth/" rel="nofollow">this one</a>. P.S. Pam says you should. Alec,

Since I got an A on your Spectrum 2.0 assignment, I think the least you can do is do a nice job with this one.

P.S. Pam says you should.

]]> By: Song Chong http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2411 Song Chong Wed, 02 May 2007 14:36:37 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2411 Hi Alec, Your comment about D'orazio brings home an important point: no matter how hard one tries to intellectualize or self mythologize, at the end of the day the work speaks for itself. Shallow is as shallow does. Hi Alec,
Your comment about D’orazio brings home an important point: no matter how hard one tries to intellectualize or self mythologize, at the end of the day the work speaks for itself. Shallow is as shallow does.

]]> By: Ignatius J. Reilly http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2410 Ignatius J. Reilly Wed, 02 May 2007 13:14:06 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2410 Many wallow in fame, Many revel in obscurity. Many wallow in fame,
Many revel in obscurity.

]]> By: Nate Twedten http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2409 Nate Twedten Wed, 02 May 2007 03:25:00 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2409 I didn't even notice how long the post was until I looked back at it. I didn’t even notice how long the post was until I looked back at it.

]]> By: doug mcgoldrick http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2408 doug mcgoldrick Wed, 02 May 2007 03:08:26 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2408 This year art chicago had a thing called the artist project where unrepresented artist could get a booth for the duration of the show, it was near the bridge art fair. Yes there was some serious art sales menship going on, but I can tell you as someone who sat in a booth for four days, I did a lot more meeting than selling. I came out out tired but feeling great, like many unconnected artist I have a box full of rejection letters and to actually get some face time with some gallery types was great, also to meet the general art public and have them like what I was doing felt good too, I'd do it again in a second. Art is not as different from any other biz as we'd like to think, most of us don't get that and wallow in obscurity, some people see how to work the system and do quite well, this weekend I got a little insight on how the other half lives and it's pretty nice. This year art chicago had a thing called the artist project where unrepresented artist could get a booth for the duration of the show, it was near the bridge art fair. Yes there was some serious art sales menship going on, but I can tell you as someone who sat in a booth for four days, I did a lot more meeting than selling. I came out out tired but feeling great, like many unconnected artist I have a box full of rejection letters and to actually get some face time with some gallery types was great, also to meet the general art public and have them like what I was doing felt good too, I’d do it again in a second. Art is not as different from any other biz as we’d like to think, most of us don’t get that and wallow in obscurity, some people see how to work the system and do quite well, this weekend I got a little insight on how the other half lives and it’s pretty nice.

]]> By: Zoltán Jókay http://alecsothblog.wordpress.com/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2407 Zoltán Jókay Tue, 01 May 2007 13:16:04 +0000 http://alecsoth.com/blog/2007/04/30/art-pam/#comment-2407 I am pondering about the word "caca". Didn´t find it in the dictionary. Does it mean: redundant noise? I also was thinking about the word:cacophony. But first of all it reminded me of a hungarian childhood word: kaka is the childs word for shit. I am pondering about the word “caca”. Didn´t find it in the dictionary.
Does it mean: redundant noise? I also was thinking about the word:cacophony.
But first of all it reminded me of a hungarian childhood word: kaka is the childs word for shit.

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